Issue - meetings
Final Revenue Budget 2021/22 and Medium Term Financial Strategy 2021/22-2023-24
Meeting: 11/02/2021 - Cabinet (Item 425)
425 Final Revenue Budget 2021/22 and Medium Term Financial Strategy 2021/22 - 2023/24 PDF 691 KB
Report of the Director of Finance.
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1A - Savings and Growth 2021-22 budget Process Feb 2021, item 425 PDF 154 KB
- Appendix 1B - Savings and Growth 2021-22 and 2022-23 from 2020-21 Budget Setting Process, item 425 PDF 132 KB
- Appendix 2 - MTFS 2021-22 to 2023-24, item 425 PDF 102 KB
- Appendix 3 - Revenue Budget Summary 2021-22, item 425 PDF 46 KB
- Appendix 4 - Levies and Subscriptions 2021-22, item 425 PDF 58 KB
- Appendix 5 - Policy on use of Contingency, item 425 PDF 83 KB
- Appendix 6 - School Budget 2021/22, item 425 PDF 192 KB
- Appendix 7 - Public Health Budget 2021-22, item 425 PDF 113 KB
- Appendix 8 - Reserves policy, item 425 PDF 80 KB
- Appendix 9 - Reserve Forecast, item 425 PDF 29 KB
- Appendix 10 - Report of the Chief Finance Officer, item 425 PDF 121 KB
- Appendix 11 - Model resolution 2021-22, item 425 PDF 100 KB
- Appendix 12 - Members Allowances Scheme 2021-22, item 425 PDF 128 KB
- Appendix 13 - Annual Pay Policy Statement 2021/22, item 425 PDF 175 KB
- Appendix 14 - Flexible Use of Capital Receipts Strategy, item 425 PDF 151 KB
- Appendix 15 - Summary of EQIA for Savings Proposals 2021-22, item 425 PDF 34 KB
- EQIA BACKGROUND PAPER - COM_20.21_S03 _ (002), item 425 PDF 367 KB
- EQIA BACKGROUND PAPER - COM21.22_S01 - EQIA Environmental Services - Appendix 1, item 425 PDF 509 KB View as DOCX (425/19) 135 KB
- EQIA BACKGROUND PAPER - Housing G F COM_20.21_S05 sheltered Housing, item 425 PDF 315 KB View as DOCX (425/20) 113 KB
- BACKGROUND PAPER - Harrow Business Consultative Panel Minute Extract 22, item 425 PDF 121 KB View as DOCX (425/21) 34 KB
- BACKGROUND PAPER - Overview and Scrutiny Minutes - Copy, item 425 PDF 228 KB View as DOC (425/22) 103 KB
- BACKGROUND PAPER - P&F Minute Extract 61, item 425 PDF 67 KB View as DOCX (425/23) 36 KB
- BACKGROUND PAPER - Rec to Cab - Draft RB 2021-22 and MTFS 2021-22-2023-24, item 425 PDF 100 KB View as DOC (425/24) 86 KB
Minutes:
Resolved to RECOMMEND: (to Council)
That
(1) the 2021/22 budget, taking into account the results of the various consultations and equality impact assessments, be approved to enable the Council Tax for 2021/22 to be set (Appendix 2 to the report refers);
(2) the Model Council Tax Resolution 2021/22, as set out in Appendix 11 to the report, be approved;
(3) the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS), as set out in Appendix 2 to the officer report, be approved;
(4) the 2021/22 Members’ Allowance Scheme, as set out in Appendix 12 to the officer report, be approved;
(5) the 2021/22 Annual Pay Policy Statement, as set out in Appendix 13 to the officer report, be approved;
(6) the Capital Receipts Flexibility Strategy, as set out in Appendix 14 to the report, be approved.
[Call-in did not apply to the decisions above as they were reserved to full Council.]
RESOLVED: That
(7) in accordance with Section 38 (2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, the Chief Executive be instructed to place a notice in the local press of the amounts set under recommendation 2 above with a period of 21 days following the Council’s decision;
(8) the following be noted:
a) the balanced budget position for 2021/and the budget gaps of £24.651m and £5.098m for 2022/23 and 2023/24 respectively (Table 5 of the officer report refers)
b) the intention to increase Council Tax by 1.99% in 2021/22 (Paragraph 1.20 of the officer refers);
c) the proposal to increase Council Tax by a further 3% in 2021/22 in respect of the Adult Social Care Precept (Paragraph 1.20 of the officer report refers;
d) the 2021/22 budgets for Schools and Public Health as set out in Appendices 6 & 7 to the officer report;
e) the assumed funding for the protection of social care 2021/22 through the Better Care Fund as set out in paragraphs 1.74 to 1.78 of the officer report;
f) the requirement to develop a fully costed budget and implementation plan, to the value of a minimum £10m, to bring to Cabinet on preparation to feed into the budget setting round for 2022/23 (Paragraph 1.83 of the officer report refers;
Reason for Recommendation: To ensure that the Council set a balanced budget for 2021/22.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected: As set out in the report.
Conflict of Interest relating to the matter declared by Cabinet Member/Dispensation Granted: None.